Improvement in harness-bells



R. SCHMIDT.

Harness Bell.

No. 56,277. Patented July 10, 1866.

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PATENT OFFICE.

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN HARNESS-BELLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 56,277, dated July 10, 1866; antedated June 26,1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH SCHMIDT, of the city and State of New York, have invented, made, and applied to use a certain new and useful Improvementin Bells for Harness, &c.;

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, wherein' Figure 1 is a plan of my improved bell, and Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same.

Similar letters refer to the same parts.

The clappers for bells of harness and in some characters of musical instruments have been placed upon a spiral spring, so that they may strike the bell in any direction; but such springs are liable to become bent andinjured, besides which the clapper has to move such a distance froma central position that considerable movement has to be given to the bell to produce a blow of the clapper.

The nature of my said invention consists in a double-acting flat spring that allows motion in any direction.- and at the same time is strong and durable. Said spring carries the clapper, which is formed by three or more arms radiating from the end of the spring and reaching nearly to the inside of the bell.

In the drawings, a represents the bell, of any desired shape or size. The same is to be attached in any convenient manner to the harness or to a pad, saddle, or other device for holding and moving the bell.

The spring-tongue b of the clapper is made of flat springs l and 2, at right angles to each other, and united, as shown, so that the portion of the spring near the crown of the bell will bend in one direction, while the outer portion of the spring bends in the other direction, so that the clapper may strike on any portion of the bell.

I make the clapper by three or more radiating arms, at the ends of which are knobsthat are close to, but do not touch, the bell; hence the clapper will strike the bell by a slight motion in either direction.

I make use of a wire, 0, extending above the clappers and carrying any ornament when desired.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Forming the spring for the clapper of flat pieces of metal, in the manner and for the purposes specified.

2. Constructing the clapper with three or more radiating arms, in combination with the spring carrying such clapper, as specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature this 20th day of September, A. D. 1865.

RUDOLPH SCHMIDT.

Witnesses:

GHAs. H. SMITH, GEO. D. WALKER. 

